Jar-holder.



H. E. amcksou.

- JAR HOLDER.

' 7 APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. I915. I 7 1,162,045. I Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

7 FEE-.1- 1, 4 Y Z I6 l2 W \l 11 a lwz J5 44" 5' (5 U v Jammie; HEEricJfso'm WHm-(zooao I I 'v H. ERICK ERICKSON; OF GRANDY, MINNESOTA.

' JAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application filed February 24, 1915. Serial No. 10,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. ERICK Enronsoiv,

a citizen of the United States, residing" at (handy, in the county of Isanti, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use th same. This invention relates to a ar holder particularly to. the class of jar holders which are adapted to be used for supporting jars in boiling water during the insertion of fruit into the same during-a canning operation.

is so constructed as to be readily applicable to a canning boiler, as well as all kinds of water boilers.

arrangement of parts as set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, showing the same applied to a boiler. Fig. 2 is a. plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. l is a detail of the means for support ing the device on a boiler.

Referring to the drawing wherein like parts :ire indicated by like characters throughout the several viewsrMy device comprises a main body portion 1 which is made of. wood. metal or any other suitable material. livotally mounted on each end of the body portion 1 is a holder by means of which the body portion may he supported from a boiler. as shown in Fig. 1. Each of these holders 2 consists of a substantially rectangular portion 3 which is pivoted to the hhdv portion 1 at oncof the lower corncrs oi" the rectangle. 'lhcse holders are so arranged that they extend outwardly from An object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this character which gage the outer. face of the the body portion from opposite sides thereof;

Secured. to the lower horizontal portion 4 of each. of these holders 2 is a guide member 5 through which is slidably mounted a strip 6 having a hook-shaped'port-ion 7 on the upper end thereof constructed and arranged to engage the upper edge of a boiler. In

order that these strips maybe maintained 1n predetermined fixed relation with the rectangular portions 3, I have provided each with a longitudinally extending slot 8 through which extends abolt Qse'cured'to the upper horizontal bar 10 of the said'reotangular portion and having a nut adjustably secured to the end thereof which, may be screwed onto the said bolt so as to bind the strip between it and the horizontal bar 10.

In order that the hooks? to .the upper edge of the .boiler, I have provided thumb screws 12 which extend through the hooks and are arranged to enboiler. Secured to and extending outwardly from each side of the body portion 1 adjacent the bottom thereof are arms 13 which are constructed so as to engage the sides of the boiler and thus prevent the body portion 1 from swingin'g out of the vertical when a number of jars are supported ,on one side thereof.

In orderv-that the jars may be supported on the body portion 1, I have provided a plurality of loops 14. secured to the body portion 1 and'extending outwardly above the upper edge thereof and from both faces thereof. These loops are constructed to encircle the upper ends-of the jars. These may be secured loops l4 terminate in downwardly extendstrips FF are adjusted to their proper positions so as to accommodate the device to the particular boiler and the device lowered within the boiler until the hooks 7 engage the upper edge thereoffat which time the thumb screws 12 are screwed inwardly to .bind the strips 6 on the said boiler, the jars are then placed through the loops H and rest on the bases so'that the upper ends thereof will extend slightly out of theboiling water-Withinthe boiler. -The fruit is then 'poured into. the jars in the usual.

From-the foregoing description it will be seen thatjI have provided. a jar holder for supporting a plurality .of jars during the filling of the same in canning fruit, I have so Constructed the device that it may be adjusted to, be. used on-yarious sizedv boilers," and I ha've provided means for preventing the swinging of'thetdevice when thejars aresupported only on one side thereof.-

' While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention,

,withouein anyway-departing from the 'I have merely donegm for the, sake of. convenience a'ndulifdo-not wishto be limited to that particularembodiment as it i s obviousthat numerous changes may be made within the-f details of; construction thereof spiritof theinven'tion or exceeding the scope of-the appended claims, 1

, What Iclaimispf- 1. "In a jarsupportingdevice, portion, supporting members pivotally mounted 'body portion for supporting jars,

on each end thereof consisting of rectangular members, hook-shaped strips adjustably secured thereto for engaging the top edge of a boiler and locked Within the same, and means for adjustably securing the body portion to the upper edge of the boiler, arms extending outwardly from each, faceof the body portion, loops secured to and extending outwardly from the opposite faces of the body portion adjacent the upper edge thereof, and spring pressed bases located beneath. said loops arranged to engage and support the bottom of-jars in spaced relation to the bottom of the'boiler.

In testimony whereof, Iafiix my signa ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.-

' p ERICK ERICKSQN. Witnesses:

J. B. GESLIN, O.W10K LUN1).

edge of a boiler, means secured to and .ex- 

